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ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful Searches and Detention

Posted by kdawson on from the single-file-please dept.

gavron writes "The ACLU has filed suit against DHS to stop the TSA from conducting illegal searches and detention. In the case at hand, TSA detained a Ron Paul staffer who was carrying $4,300 in cash in a metal box. The suit seeks to focus TSA searches on things having to do with increasing security on aircraft, instead of their current practice of 4th-amendment-violating searches, such as those of laptops, iPods, etc."

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  1. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like someone was just asking for a fight at the airport.

    You carry money in a money belt, not a metal box.

  2. Re:Why, oh why. by TinFoilMan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why mod Troll?

    The parent made some good points and sparked a lovely amount of good comment.

    Sometimes I think modders have their heads way up their arses and can't see the trees for the forest. They did the same thing last night to someone who posted a decent post and generated 185 responses.

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  3. Re:What took them so long? by yoshi_mon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Some rights need more 'help' than others.

    You do know that the 2nd Amendment has this whole group called the NRA 'helping' it out right?

    For the ACLU, some rights are more equal than others.

    Horribly disingenuous. The ACLU says in it's title it's about Civil Liberties.

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